Sword Gai ( ソ ー ド ガ イ So: do Gai ) is a manga created by Tosiki Inoue based on a script by Wosamu Kine with character design by Keita Amemiya . She came out from 2012 to 2015. Since 2016, her sequel - Sword Gai Evolve .
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 Cover of the first volume of the manga Shogakukan , 2012 | |
| ソ ー ド ガ イ (From: to Guy) | |
| Genre / Theme | dark fantasy [1] |
| Manga | |
| Author | Toshiki Inoue Wosamu Kine |
| Illustrator | Kate Amamia |
| Publisher | Shogakukan |
| Published in | Hero's |
| Lecture hall | seinen |
| Publication | 2012 - 2015 |
| Tomov | 6 |
| Manga "Sword Gai Evolve" | |
| Author | Toshiki Inoue Wosamu Kine |
| Illustrator | Kate Amamia |
| Publisher | Shogakukan |
| Published in | Hero's |
| Lecture hall | seinen |
| Publication | 2016 - present |
| Tomov | 6 |
| ONA "Swordgai: The Animation" | |
| Producer | Takahiro Ikedzoe |
| Screenwriter | Toshiki Inoue |
| Composer | Kotaro Nakagawa |
| Studio | Landq studios |
| Date of issue | March 23, 2018 - July 30, 2018 |
| Duration | 22 minutes |
| Series | 24 |
An anime adaptation of the manga called Swordgai: The Animation was released on Netflix on March 23, 2018 and consisted of 12 episodes. [2] The second part of the anime was released on July 30, 2018. [3] [4]
Content
Story
Sometimes a weapon begins to live its own life, and then it can merge with a chosen person. In this case, a person is thirsty for blood. If he can resist killing, then such a person will receive superhuman strength. Such people are called " chrysalides ." If the power of a cursed weapon engulfs a person, then he will become a mindless killing machine - the "busom".
Once the ritual , which was supposed to subdue the thirst for blood of the demonic sword Siru, did not go as intended. One of those present took a sword in his hands, went crazy with a thirst for blood and went to kill people around. As soon as he came to his senses and dropped his sword, he was picked up by a pregnant woman, whose husband he had just killed, eager for revenge. After the first murder, she, too, is having difficulty controlling her bloodlust. Later, Amon Ogata, a blacksmith , finds her hanged in the forest, and next to him is a crying child, who clutched tightly on the sword of Siru. He takes it to him.
Many years pass by and Guy, as the boy Amon calls the found boy, becomes the apprentice of a blacksmith, but cannot take his eyes off Siru. During the next ceremony to pacify a sword that didn’t go according to plan, Guy loses his hand. Amon reforges Siru, making a metal prosthesis from his sword. Now Guy’s connection with the sword is only getting stronger, in his hands is the demonic power and fate of mankind.
Shoshidai - one of the organizations involved in hunting for damned weapons, using chrysalids for battles with beads.
Characters
- Guy Ogata ( 緒 方 凱 ) - the main character, since birth associated with the demonic sword Siru. After losing his hand, he received a prosthesis into which the sword was reforged. This prosthesis makes him look like Edward Elric , the protagonist of Steel Alchemist . [five]
- Seiyu : Yuto Uemura
- Seiya Ichijo ( Jap. 一条 晴 也 Ichijo: Seiya ) is the strongest of the chrysalids at the disposal of Shoshidai. His weapon is the chakram , according to legend, possessing the divine power of Vishnu . His last dream lasted 16 years, the last mission was the extraction of Zoltgevinn for the organization.
- Seiyu: Yuichiro Umehara
- Sayaka Ogata ( 緒 方 さ や か ) is the daughter of Amon, who also plays the role of a priestess in the rituals held in his house.
- Seiyu: Yuka Aisaka
- Amon Ogata ( 緒 方 亜 門 ) is a blacksmith, as well as the father of Sayaki and the adoptive father of Guy.
- Seiyu: Joji Nakata
- Naoki Miki ( 三 木 直樹 ) is a chrysalid using the Fallgon electric sword.
- Seiyu: Tomokazu Sugita
- Marcus Litos ( Jap. マ ー カ ス ・ リ ー ト ス ) is a chrysalid who received the sword Nitrogen. He hoped with his help to start walking again after the accident. It happened, but only the sword was not just a medicine.
- Seiyu: Hiro Simono
- Takuma Miura ( 三浦 琢磨 ) is a former administrator of Shoshidai, who became a busom and owner of Zoltgevinn.
- Seiyu: Toshihiko Seki
- Kyoka Kagami ( Japanese 鏡 京 香 Kagami Kyo: ka )
- Seiyu: Rina Sato
- Grimms ( グ リ ム ス )
- Seiyu: Such a Kuroda
Media
Manga
Publication of the manga began in Shogakukan ’s Seinen Magazine Hero’s in 2012. A total of 6 volumes were published and the release was completed in 2015. The continuation of the manga - Sword Gai Evolve ( ソ ー ド ガ イ エ ヴ ォ ル ヴ So: to Guy Evolve ) - began to appear in the same magazine since 2016. In the April 2019 issue, it was announced that the manga would be completed in 2 chapters. [6]
Anime
Initially, the anime version was developed by DLE and Fields and was supposed to be shown in April 2016, [7] but the release was postponed indefinitely until Netflix launched the series in its service around the world on March 23, 2018. [8] [9] The director of the series was Tomohito Naka, Inoue himself acted as a screenwriter, character design was done by Atsuko Nakajima, and the music was written by Kotaro Nakagawa. Swordgai: The Animation was created by LandQ Studios . [10] The initial theme was Sadame Goto ( サ ダ メ ゴ ト What is Predestined ) by Yuto Uemura . [eleven]
The second part of the anime was released on July 30, 2018. [3]
| 1 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Premiere | ||
| 1 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
Shoshidai, an organization that collects cursed weapons, finds the legendary demonic sword Zoltgevinn, but the administrator Miura is enchanted with this sword, takes it into his own hands and turns into a busome, creating chaos around, and then searches for and meets face-to-face with a bead of a Flamingberg fire sword, recently also tracked by Shoshidai. In another place, a ritual is held to pacify the sword of Siru, but he breaks down and one of those present takes the sword into his own hands and begins to kill everyone who comes in his way to give him blood to drink. Among the dead is the husband of a pregnant woman, who picks up a sword that fell from his hands. Later, Amon Ogata finds a hanged woman in the forest and a screaming baby holding tightly in his hands the cursed sword of Siru. | |||
| 2 series | March 23, 2018 | ||
Amon raised a boy he found with his daughter and gave him a name - Guy Ogata. Guy is now one of Amon's apprentices, but still cannot take his eyes off Siru. During the ritual to pacify the sword, due to the jealousy of Tatsumi, one of Amon's disciples, Guy loses his hand. Amon refills Siru into a mechanical prosthesis. Naoki Miki, one of the Choshalids of Shoshidai, is bidding for the cursed sword Nitrogen to redeem it for the organization. There he meets Marcus Litos, who also wants to purchase this sword. Unable to outbid the bid, Marcus attacks Naoki on the way from the auction, but the chrysalid easily scatters bodyguards, only Miura appears at the scene of the fight. | |||
| 3 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
Got the sword Nitrogen Marcus tries to use it to start walking again, but the sword is activated only when he feels Marcus’s anger towards his ex-girlfriend and best friend about to get married. Obsessed with the sword, he bursts into their wedding, but Naoki gets in his way. Marcus stops at the last moment before killing the girl. Naoki invites him to Shoshidai. Guy continues to struggle with Siru's voice demanding killings. Tatsumi feels cheated by Amon, and therefore attacks Sayaka, but is stopped by Guy. To be able to prove his superiority, he picks up the cursed spear of Tonbokiri and attacks Guy. Guy's power is partially awakened. | |||
| 4 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
Marcus arrives at Shoshidai Base. He is told about the chrysalis, the busom and his own will weapon, and then, together with Naoki, they are put to sleep. Miura attacks the prison, killing the guards and absorbing the bloodthirst of prisoners. Tatsumi becomes a busom and fights with Guy on the streets. From the helicopter they are noticed by Shoshidai. Kyoko Kagami awakens Seiyu Ichijo to send for them. Guy returns home, but is weakened and his consciousness regresses back to his childhood state. | |||
| 5 series | March 23, 2018 | ||
Amon meets with Kigatsu-san and together they assume that there is a second Siru, better than the one that was reforged for Guy. A sword similar to Siri is brought for sharpening to the Fujisido workshop, where the master has to use all his skills to sharpen the sword, hungry for blood. Sayaka and Guy, still in a regressed state, go to the festival. On the way out of the temple, they are attacked by a busom of Tonbokiri spears, but Seiya who appears appears to save the couple. After the defeat, Tatsumi Seiya notices Guy's strength and wants to test him to find out whether he is a chrysalid or a busom. Zoltgevinn fights Flamberg again and defeats him. Their battle is watched by mysterious personalities - Grimms and Aydis. | |||
| 6 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
Seiyu is stopped by Kigatsu-san, and then a representative of Gaby, a rival organization that hunts for busomes but uses ordinary people, not chrysalids. The battle between the representatives of the two organizations is interrupted by the appearance of a new busome, whose attacks make Guy awake, and after the chakram, Guy again recalls how old he is. Together with Sayaka, he escapes from Seiya. Kigatsu leads Seiyu to Amon, where he is told the legend of Seryu. To returning Guy, Seiya promises to show "the world to which he belongs", taking him with him to Shoshidai. | |||
| 7 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
Seiya stops at the house of a woman named Kay. She was his lover, with whom he had not seen for 16 years, for which she managed to grow old. He spends the day with her, at the end of which she dies. Midoriko, about a gamer and an invincible champion, participates in the fighting championship, but she has long been tired of easy victories. Attacked by a fan, she picks up Flamberg. Guy inspects the city at this time, leaving Seiyu alone with Kay. He tries to fight Midoriko, but at the last moment he is saved by Seiya. | |||
| 8 series | March 23, 2018 | ||
A rich widow is looking for the treasures of a pirate Troll at the bottom of the ocean, according to rumors among them should be the mythical Hammer of Gallon. After finding the gold, the team members are killed one after another, and the widow falls overboard. At the bottom she walks the Hammer and takes it into her own hands. Issei is a successful stylist, but in his heart there is a burning desire to meet a woman with “the most beautiful hair in the world” who killed his sister. One day she comes to his salon and tells him about the legendary sword of Nebestigm, claiming that soon this sword will fall into his hands. Actually, she also immerses this sword in his body, claiming that someday Issei will become a busom. The next day, Essay's client is a rich widow. | |||
| 9 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
| Naoki and Marcus are sent on a mission to find the legendary weapon of the fairies - Halbert. Girl Naoki is already working in the right corporation under the guise of a secretary. | |||
| 10 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
| Sayaka asks Ramon about Guy's motives. And Ichijo tells Guy how he controlled the power of chakram. | |||
| 11 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
| Guy finally gets to Shoshidai Base. As Ichijou's transformation into a busome accelerates, Kagami orders him to plunge into a cold sleep. | |||
| 12 episode | March 23, 2018 | ||
| Shoshidai's new weapon cannot resist Zoltgevinn. Guy and Ichijo engage in battle with Miura. | |||
| Season 2 | |
|---|---|
| Title | Premiere |
| "1 series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "2 series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "3 series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "4 series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "5th series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "6th series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "7th series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "8th series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "9th series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "10 series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "11 series" | July 30, 2018 |
| "12th series" | July 30, 2018 |
Criticism
Critics have noted an unrelated plot that is difficult to follow. [12] [5] The action often switches between different events and storylines, which are not connected in any way. [5] In the anime, many additional storylines unfold, which are in no way connected with the main character. [5] [12] The eighth episode is generally knocked out of the narrative, as it presents two storylines that intersect at its end, but never turn out to be connected with anything else in the first season of the anime. [five]
The title character has very little time. He appears in the form of a baby only in the last frames of the first series. [12] The plot up to the fourth series focuses more on Marcus, which, it would seem, was done to introduce the viewer to the world of the work, but when the time comes for Guy to join Shoshidai, all the explanations begin anew. [5] Guy is essentially a typical teenager and anti-hero, but although such a type is popular Guy is devoid of traits that could make him attractive to the viewer. [12] [13] He is so full of youthful angst and nihilism so much that against his background Sasuke Utiha looks full of charisma and charm. [5] The stories of other characters, including some enemies, evoke more emotion. [12]
However, the very concept that only extremely perverted personalities can possess obsessed swords leads to the fact that the characters become misanthropic , constantly busy suppressing their desire to kill. [five]
The best moment of the anime, causing the most emotions, is the meeting of Seiya with his lover Kay in the seventh series. [5] [12] Since Seiya spent years in a cryogenic dream and did not grow old, while Kay lived an ordinary life, during this meeting he still remains young, and she is already in old age. And if at first it may seem that Kay is only indulging in the self-deception of the old woman, wanting to amuse her, then the character's prescription in this episode quickly makes obvious sincere love between them. [five]
In many ways, the anime recalls the series of the 1980s in terms of the amount of cruelty and violence, in particular with regard to women. [5] It feels a lot like Garo -Vanishing Line- , especially given the common creator, but unlike Garo in Sword Gai, violence makes no other sense than to look “cool.” [5] However, the anime just turns out to look good, although the image quality does not stand out, but the color schemes set the mood well, and fighting scenes can entertain. [12] The musical accompaniment is the strongest technical side of the anime, although the initial composition is easily forgotten. [13]
The last of the first season left more questions than answers. On the one hand, disparate storylines were finally tied together, although some remained forgotten. [12] But on the other hand, the plot does not receive any completion, it is not even an open end, the anime just stops. [5] [12]
The second season corrects some of the mistakes of the first, but at the same time continues and exacerbates the rest. [13] The most important achievement is a more integral plot - the characters interact more with each other and previously unconnected lines begin to intersect, forming an integral story. [13] However, this does not mean that the course of this story does not suffer from unexpected jerks, as if some of the scenes were cut out. [13]
Improving the plot did not make the main character more attractive, so the best scenes unfold again when he is not. None of the characters in the first part were lost or forgotten, having received a continuation of their story. [13]
The technical side of the anime still looks level, and some battle scenes are worth it to watch. Changing the color scheme to convey mood also works, while animation and design stand out neither in a bad nor in a good way. [13] Musical accompaniment still remains technically the most effective side of the anime. [13]
Notes
- ↑ Dark Fantasy Manga Sword Gai Gets 3D CG Promo by Wolf Children's Digital Frontier . Anime News Network . Date of treatment June 27, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.netflix.com/title/80175350
- ↑ 1 2 Sword Gai The Animation Part II Will Air from July 30, 2018 . MANGA.TOKYO (July 3, 2018). Date of treatment July 3, 2018.
- ↑ Sword Gai Anime to Continue With Part II This Summer .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Nicholas Dupree, Steve Jones. This Week in Anime - What the Hell Happened in Sword Gai: The Animation? (eng.) . Anime News Network (March 27, 2019). Date of appeal April 16, 2019.
- ↑ Crystalyn Hodgkins. Sword Gai Evolve Sequel Manga Ends in 2 Chapters . Anime News Network (March 3, 2019). Date of appeal April 16, 2019.
- ↑ Kamen Rider / Garo Creators' Sword Gai Manga Gets TV Anime . Anime News Network (September 30, 2014). Date of appeal September 30, 2014.
- ↑ Netflix to Premiere Sword Gai Anime Simultaneously Worldwide in Spring 2018 . Anime News Network (August 1, 2017). Date of treatment August 1, 2017.
- ↑ Netflix Reveals Visuals for Sword Gai: The Animation Series Anime News Network (August 2, 2017). Date of treatment August 2, 2017.
- ↑ Sword Gai: The Animation's Visual, Main Staff Revealed . Anime News Network (November 30, 2017). Date of treatment January 12, 2018.
- ↑ Sword Gai Anime Reveals New Cast Members, Theme Song Artists, March Worldwide Debut . Anime News Network (February 2, 2018). Date of treatment February 2, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Theron Martin. Sword Gai: The Animation - Episodes 1-12 streaming . Anime News Network (April 16, 2019). Date of appeal April 16, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Theron Martin. Sword Gai: The Animation Part II . Anime News Network (August 31, 2018). Date of appeal April 16, 2019.
Links
- heros-web.com/works/swordgai3.html#worksNavi - official manga site (japanese)
- swordgai-anime.com/en/ - official anime site (English)
- Sword Gai Manga in the Anime News Network Encyclopedia
- Sword Gai in the anime encyclopedia Anime News Network